Warehouse Service in UK

Fulfillment warehouses involve sellers shipping their goods to overseas warehouses in the destination country during the off-peak season. These goods are then stored in the warehouse and, upon receiving a buyer’s order, are shipped locally to the buyer using domestic logistics. During this period, sellers only need to manage operations remotely. To meet the needs of seller clients, we offer professional UK fulfillment warehouse services, helping businesses efficiently manage inventory and quickly respond to market demands.

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👈Where is Linkway’s UK warehouse?

👇What the service can be offer?

Location

Be located at Trafford Park, Stretford
Manchester. Middle of UK area

Geographical Advantages

Convenient for transit and storage of goods, with a central location in the UK, making it easy for goods to be transported to other cities and speeding up the time it takes for goods to reach their destinations.

Features of Fulfillment Warehouses

Localized Operations: Fulfillment warehouses store products in the target market country, enabling businesses to ship directly from the local area, thereby reducing shipping times and improving customer satisfaction. This localized approach also helps businesses better understand local market demands and consumer preferences, allowing them to adjust their product and market strategies accordingly.

Bulk Shipping: By using bulk shipping methods, businesses can transport large quantities of goods to the target market country’s fulfillment warehouse at once, thereby lowering logistics costs and improving shipping efficiency. This bulk shipping approach also helps businesses better control inventory and order management, reducing losses due to overstocking or stockouts.

Flexible Customization: Fulfillment warehouses can offer various customized services according to customer needs, such as product packaging and label creation. This flexible customization helps businesses better meet the personalized needs of their customers, enhancing customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Data Analysis Support: Through data analysis and monitoring, fulfillment warehouses can better understand customer demands and market trends, providing strong support for business decision-making. This data analysis support helps businesses better formulate market and product strategies, enhancing their market competitiveness.

What warehouse service can Linkway offer？

  • Warehouse Management:
    Services such as commodity storage, sorting and management to ensure the safety and integrity of commodities.
  • Quality control service:
    Help complete merchandise quality control services by inspecting merchandise to ensure compliance with quality standards and customer requirements.
  • Order processing:
    Packing, shipping, delivery and other related tasks.

  • Return shipping services:
    Assistance in pooling goods and arranging shipments back to the country of origin by arranging for loading of containers, etc.
  • Return and exchange handling:
    Handle after-sales service requests from customers, such as returns and exchanges.
  • Other value-added services:
    Personalised services such as sealing, packing, labelling, expediting, courier, etc., as well as storage, packing and transport services for special commodities.

Advantages of using overseas warehouses

The UK-based overseas warehouse, located within the UK, enables faster delivery of products to buyers. Compared to international express and small packages, it reduces the complexity of the final mile logistics supply chain by eliminating cross-border transportation, customs declaration, and clearance processes. Products are shipped directly from the overseas warehouse to buyers, thereby reducing the time consumed by complex operational procedures.

Returns and exchanges are inevitable in shopping, and having an overseas warehouse makes these processes much more convenient. The overseas warehouse can provide simple inspection and repackaging services, allowing returned products to be resold. This results in lower operating costs and a better overall customer experience.

For medium to large sellers, bulk shipping is very common. Stocking up in advance during the off-season is essential. Sea freight costs are much lower compared to air freight and international express, and the larger the volume, the lower the logistics costs. Such a large volume of products cannot be sent to e-commerce platform warehouses or sold out all at once. Using overseas warehouses for storage or dropshipping services from overseas warehouses effectively solves this issue.

Based on past experiences, during Amazon’s peak seasons, issues such as port congestion, warehouse queuing, overstocking, and slow listing arise, causing significant difficulties for sellers. The 2-3 months before peak seasons (from Black Friday through Christmas and New Year’s) are typically off-season, making it an ideal time for stocking up. Experienced medium and large sellers usually stock up during this period and send goods to overseas warehouses in advance. In case of insufficient inventory at Amazon during peak seasons, transferring goods from overseas warehouses can replenish stock, thus avoiding transportation delays and missing the best sales opportunities.

When shopping online, buyers generally prefer stores with nearby local shipping points. This leads to a better shopping experience and significantly increases repurchase rates, thereby improving seller store ratings and competitive advantage.

Disadvantages of using overseas warehouses

Third-party overseas warehouses are not very friendly to sellers with small, varied products. Items like small accessories, keychains, and phone cases, which have many SKUs and styles, require a lot of manpower and time to handle. It’s very challenging for overseas warehouses to provide dropshipping services for such products.

Shipping in advance to stock up in overseas warehouses incurs logistics storage fees. The storage fee in overseas warehouses is calculated on a daily basis, so the cost of storage needs to be taken into account.

Having a large stock on hand ensures you won’t worry during peak seasons, but it’s a double-edged sword. Choosing the right products can lead to a sales boom during peak seasons. However, if the chosen products sell poorly, they might not sell for months. If the products are slow-moving and located in distant overseas warehouses, abandoning or returning them would result in significant expenses.
Stocking up undoubtedly requires tying up a significant amount of capital. If products do not sell or sell very slowly, there is a potential for losses. Therefore, it is crucial to have foresight and accurate judgment regarding how much inventory to stock in overseas warehouses.

It is important to choose reputable and capable overseas warehouse companies to ensure the safety of your goods. Opting for unregulated overseas warehouses with extremely low prices can result in significant losses. For example, some smaller warehouses attract customers with very low prices, but their lack of security could lead to potential losses of goods.

Operation Mode of Overseas Warehouses

The operation mode of overseas warehouses mainly includes the following steps

Product Transportation

The company ships products in bulk to the UK overseas warehouse. During transportation, the company needs to choose the appropriate transportation method and shipping company to ensure that the products can arrive at the overseas warehouse safely and on time.

Order Processing

When buyers place orders within the UK, the overseas warehouse will perform sorting, packaging, and shipping operations based on the order information. The company needs to ensure that the overseas warehouse can quickly and accurately process orders, thereby improving customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Warehouse Management

After the products arrive at the overseas warehouse, they need to undergo warehousing, storage, sorting, and other management operations. The company needs to establish a comprehensive warehouse management system to ensure that products can be stored in an orderly and efficient manner in the overseas warehouse and be ready for shipment at any time.

After-Sales Service

After the products are sold, the company needs to provide after-sales services, such as returns, exchanges, and repairs. The overseas warehouse can serve as a support point for after-sales service, providing customers with a convenient after-sales service experience.

Overseas warehouses, as a new logistics model, are playing an increasingly important role in cross-border trade. Through features such as localized operations, bulk transportation, flexible customization, and data analysis support, overseas warehouses can significantly improve logistics efficiency, reduce transportation costs, enhance customer satisfaction, and expand market channels.